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That's what I am. Sorry people. I have been too wrapped up in reading and studying. I have read, like 50 books. Some of them are:

The Kindness of Strangers, by Katrina Kittle - good book, but be warned: the story involves incest and child molestation.

Body Surfing, by Anita Shreve - OOh what a twist! Kinda romancy, but not like Danielle Steel. I like her books. I've read a couple of them already and will continue to read more.

• All He Ever Wanted - makes you wonder if what you want is what's really best for you.
  

Blackird House, by Alice Hoffman - easy read about a house and all of the people who have lived and loved there over a span of time. I liked the supernatural elements of the stories. It made the lives of the people much more interesting.

The Ice Queen, also by Alice Hoffman - about a woman who lived a cold and lonely life and how she learned to feel and to love again. I don't usually get into literary analysis, you know, what is the deeper meaning of what the author wrote. But this book is full of symbolism, and I really enjoyed trying to understand it.

Now I am reading a nonfiction work. It's called something to the effect of Personal Fitness Training and Theory. Or something like that. I am studying to become a personal trainer. I am so excited. I guess I'd better go read more about the circulatory system now while I still have the energy. See Ya!!

The Glass Castle

Yes, I have read another book. I have at least 8 of them stacked up on my nightstand. So, for the next couple of weeks, you all are going to get book reports. Don't worry. It won't last too long. I am a fast reader. I read in spurts. I'll read nonstop for a couple of weeks and zip through a bunch of books, then not pick up a single book for a month. I think I'm a manic reader. Ok, On to the book and why you should read it.

Over the past couple of days while reading, all I could say was wow. I was amazed that what I was reading was an autobiography. I literally just finished reading it about 15 minutes ago. It is an incredible true story of a woman and her family who faced tremendous challenges such as poverty, alcoholism, mental illness, you name it.

It made me gasp with horror when the woman tells the story of when she set herself on fire at age three while she was making hot dogs on the stove. And I laughed when she told of the time she got in trouble at school in second grade because she turned her math homework in using binary numbers instead of arabic numbers.

The children in this family are an inspiration. They are an example of hard work and perserverance. They epitomize the American Dream. This is a must read.

The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls